Shortbook™ of the Month:
Augmented Scale Reality
Augmented Scale Reality
"Augmented Scale Reality", this months Shortbook™, is - at 100 pages on the nose - starting to make these so called "short books" seem not so short after all.
Considering that the previous Shortbook™, "Changing Trane's" was also 100+ pp - could this possibly mean more bang for the buck?
Judging from the quality and quantity of the material in this book, I'd say that's a reality!
So here's a taste of "Reality" by way of the book's introduction, including several notation and audio examples:
The six note (hexatonic) symmetrical “Augmented Scale” has been, historically speaking, somewhat of an enigma to practitioners of modern improvised music. While it has shown up in the works of several noted late 19th, as well as early 20th century classical composers, noted examples of its usage in jazz have been limited to but a handful of the most common “cliches”.
Considering that the previous Shortbook™, "Changing Trane's" was also 100+ pp - could this possibly mean more bang for the buck?
Judging from the quality and quantity of the material in this book, I'd say that's a reality!
So here's a taste of "Reality" by way of the book's introduction, including several notation and audio examples:
The six note (hexatonic) symmetrical “Augmented Scale” has been, historically speaking, somewhat of an enigma to practitioners of modern improvised music. While it has shown up in the works of several noted late 19th, as well as early 20th century classical composers, noted examples of its usage in jazz have been limited to but a handful of the most common “cliches”.
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